From 9e8261056cae22002ab84f245faef71540bae01e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom <7723105+thomasfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:06:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [espnow] Fix espnow crash when send() is called without a
 callback (#17266)

---
 esphome/components/espnow/espnow_component.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/espnow/espnow_component.cpp b/esphome/components/espnow/espnow_component.cpp
index f89b4a2ff1..2756b615a1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/espnow/espnow_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/espnow/espnow_component.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,9 @@ void ESPNowComponent::loop() {
         ESP_LOGV(TAG, ">>> [%s] %s", addr_buf, LOG_STR_ARG(espnow_error_to_str(packet->packet_.sent.status)));
 #endif
         if (this->current_send_packet_ != nullptr) {
-          this->current_send_packet_->callback_(packet->packet_.sent.status);
+          if (this->current_send_packet_->callback_ != nullptr) {
+            this->current_send_packet_->callback_(packet->packet_.sent.status);
+          }
           this->send_packet_pool_.release(this->current_send_packet_);
           this->current_send_packet_ = nullptr;  // Reset current packet after sending
         }